Record Number: 9998
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I read the Bible everyday, and at much length; also, - with what I cannot but think some praiseworthy patience, - a book of incommunicable dreariness, called Newton's "Thoughts on the Apocalypse".'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Oct 1856 and 30 Nov 1856
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London, Pimlico
location in dwelling: Lodgings, room in Pimlico
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
passive in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1849
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Son of zoological writer
Religion:Plymouth Brethren
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
ill mother, Emily Gosse
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Thoughts on the Apocalypse
Genre:Other religious
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:9998
Source:Edmund Gosse
Editor:n/a
Title:Father and Son
Place of Publication:Keele: Ryburn Publishing
Date of Publication:1994 (1907)
Vol:n/a
Page:62
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Edmund Gosse, Father and Son (Keele: Ryburn Publishing, 1994 (1907)), p. 62, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=9998, accessed: 01 October 2023
Additional Comments:
None